TRICORE, a novel bead-based specimen concentration method for the culturing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 152-155

  Mitarai, Satoshi ^a   Karinaga, Ryouji ^b,c   Yamada, Hiroyuki ^a   Mizuno, Kazue ^a   Chikamatsu, Kinuyo ^a   Aono, Akio ^a   Sugamoto, Tetsuhiro ^a   Hatano, Tomoyuki ^b,c  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TUBERCULOSIS   (Japan)

^b Research and Development Division   (Japan)

^c Precision System Science Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bead; Centrifuge; Culture; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CENTRIFUGATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SPUTUM SMEAR; TIME; TRICORE METHOD;

ADSORPTION; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MICROSPHERES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84864102061     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: 18728359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2012.04.018     Document Type: Article

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